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It was the mid-1990s. Purple was trendy, and a new expansion NBA team in Toronto needed to break through the hockey-thick culture to attract youth. There was nothing better than an oversized green raptor on a purple uniform. Well, until that raptor turned red. The Toronto Raptors started play in
The North Carolina State football team on Thursday afternoon unveiled camouflaged uniforms that will be worn during its nationally televised game against Syracuse on Oct. 10. The Wolfpack used the 75th anniversary of D-Day — the Normandy landings that laid the foundation for an Allied victory in World War II
The Chicago Bears made things official late last night when they unveiled their new 1936-style throwback uniforms at the opening of the Bears100 Celebration Weekend in Rosemont, Ill. The uniform replaces the 1940s throwback they’d been wearing the last few seasons. Confirming last week’s leak, the uniforms are white with
Yes. It’s really happening. Thanks to a series of photos leaked to Uni Watch yesterday, we can now see how Nike’s swoosh will look on the front of Major League Baseball jerseys when they take over providing the on-field product in 2020. The swoosh will appear, embroidered on the front,
The Houston Rockets blasted us off into the 2019-20 season this morning (a little early with the 2019 NBA Finals still going on and on, and on…), with the unveiling of their new “Global Logo” as well as setting a date for us all to see their new uniforms. Replacing
I’m going to try not to get emotional about this, but I happen to have a certain affinity for ice cream served in helmet sundae cups. I have what I believe to be one of the largest collections of unique plastic ice cream helmets out there—about 200 Major League and
Is it possible for the Chicago Bears to look better than they already do? According to a series of photos Tweeted over the weekend, the Bears are introducing a new throwback look in 2019 that’ll blow their current set out of Lake Michigan. Thanks to Chicago Sun-Times sports reporter Patrick
FC Barcelona unveiled a brand new home kit on Monday afternoon that deviates from its traditional striped jersey and will instead feature a checkerboard print for the first time in club history. The new design is inspired by the gridded streetscape of the city’s Eixample District, home to some of
When the Fond du Lack Dock Spiders, a collegiate summer league team that plays at the southern tip of Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago, debuted in 2017, there was a lot of chatter about their arachnid-based logo. As a Richmond Spider myself, I was of course charmed. But before they debuted, when
Inside the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum the chief curator, Chris Eckes, Reds staff, folks from MLB and designers from uniform provider Majestic poured over decades-old uniforms. With measuring tapes out, they took precise dimensions of everything from logo sizes to collar widths. They matched colours, looked at
The Pittsburgh Pirates are holding their annual celebration of African American Heritage this afternoon and part of that celebration will include the team wearing throwback uniforms. Pittsburgh will don a uniform mostly based on those worn by the 1938 Pittsburgh Crawfords, at the time a member of the Negro National
The Seattle Pilots will be back on the field this Summer! In commemoration of the Pilots’ 50th anniversary of their first (and only) season in Major League Baseball, the Seattle Mariners will suit up in the unorthodox 1969 throwback uniforms on June 22nd against the Baltimore Orioles. And yes, that
